Greece

Obama in Cuba, refugees in Greece and Boaty McBoatface + this day in history w/Operation Carthage and our song of the day by James on your Morning Monarchy for March 21, 2016.

The real crisis is not the influx of refugees to Europe, per se, but a toxic combination of destabilising foreign policy agendas, economic austerity and the rise of right-wing nationalism, which is likely to push the world further into social and political chaos in the months ahead.

By Alexander Mercouris – Sputnik – 24.02.2016 As the British gear up for a referendum to decide whether or not to remain in the EU, the most important fact about the EU is never mentioned. This is the overwhelming influence the US exerts on it. Britain’s politicians and media completely ignore this, focusing instead on […]

In this sedition of ITEOTWAWKIAIFF we look at the growing class unrest in Hong Kong that kicked off a massive rebellion in the lunar new year. Also street battles   in Athens, where anarchists and farmers stormed the Greek capital in reaction to Syriza’s structural adjustment policies. On the music break we drop the now classic Dead Prez track: Malcolm Garvey Huey.

People are making a lot of money off the new 'sharing economy'; London brewery teams with food activist to make beer out of wasted bread; and Ireland's most hated bankster is going home for justice.

People are making a lot of money off the new 'sharing economy'; London brewery teams with food activist to make beer out of wasted bread; and Ireland's most hated bankster is going home for justice.

Only in the Soviet Union and under the STASI in East Germany were NGOs expected to hand over lists and personal details of all their members/volunteers – “In particular there should be no attempts by public authorities to make NGOs effectively agencies working under their control..” (Council of Europe) – “the registration of volunteers has no place in a democracy” […]

This week on GNNW: BREAKING NEWS! Making love wards off dementia; Garlic cures bacterial infections; Marijuana is safer than cigarettes and alcohol.

Last month, as US border patrol agents began rounding up Central American women and children denied asylum, a small group of international peace activists from Voices for Creative Nonviolence boarded a plane for Helsinki, Finland, to visit two longtime Iraqi friends who fled Baghdad last summer and somehow completed a perilous seven-week journey over land and sea to reach this northern seaport.

This week on GNNW: BREAKING NEWS! Making love wards off dementia; Garlic cures bacterial infections; Marijuana is safer than cigarettes and alcohol.